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states there at first church in houston. lots of congratulations. lots of patting on the back to the governor, the first lady, even education secretary and also praising the doctors at the veterans administration. and he s promising as it pertains to texans and this devastation of hurricane harvey he says it will get done, meaning there will be brighter days straight ahead. he says who knows, it could take six months or maybe it s a couple of years. lots of optimism being expressed by the president there at the church. his second stop now at a hurricane relief center. all right. so our athena jones, white house correspondent traveling with the president as well as boris sanchez at the white house. so, athena, let s go to you first because we ve seen the president who has tried to kofrt people at one location at the nrg center, lots of hugs, handing out food.
in the beginning phase, dozens of inches of rain are just starting to recede and most of the water is full of deadly toxins and foul-smelling sewage and the health threat, the beginning of the school year is in doubt for thousands of children. congressman randy weber joins me now and he represents the 14th district in texas which covers the greater houston area, congressman, thank you for joining us here on fox news and i m going to start with talking about the displaced residents at the nrg center, they were happy to see president trump and i understand that you were able to visit with the president. how important is it to have him in houston and in the region? well, thanks for having me, arthel. it s very important for the public to see that he is engaged, he s compassionate and caring, he will sign the bill,
matter is, some people are not able to go home at all. is it true that a lot of these centers are still at full capacity? no, we have capacity at the george r brown, but right now, all evacuees and people requiring shelters are directed to the nrg center. elizabeth: so what are your resources like? we re going to house everyone. elizabeth: i know that no one s getting turned away, but what type of resources do you have and also other centers? what resources do you all have? right, well, the response in houston has been just overwhelming. extraordinary times require an extraordinary response and that s what houstonions do, they step up. saw it during ike, during alison, saw it during katrina and you re seeing it now. what really drives the relief effort has been the response in terms of donations and volunteers. in terms of material, food, clothing, water, diapers, we re
nrg center were very happy to see president trump because at a time like this, you re grounding is no where, it s lost, you feel hopeless, you feel scared, you feel as if no one cares and to have the commander in chief to go down there in the role of console or in chief, accompanied by his wife who is very good with children, it was heartwarm to go see the children there at the nrg center as well, so happy to see president trump. you feel as though people have forgotten about you even though the coverage is there, we are watching the coverage, we are covering it nonstop to put faces to this tragedy. but when you re there on the ground, it s you, you re not watching television, you re watching your children in the children s area trying to make the best of a bad situation, you re watching your elderly mother to make sure that she s okay, that her blood pressure is